Two men killed in Jaffna

[TamilNet, Sunday, 27 August 2006, 07:31 GMT]To men were shot dead by unidentified men in separate incidents in the Valikamam sector of the Jaffna peninsula, Saturday, police said.

Sithamparapillai Sivashankar was shot dead by men who followed him, while he was ridding in a motorbike along KKS in Mallakam, around 9 a.m.

The assailants escaped with his motorbike, police said.

Separatley, C.Vijeyakantharasa, 38, was shot dead near police station in Punnalaikadduvan, around 5 p.m., while curfew was in force. His body was removed from the site, around 9 a.m, after the curfew was relaxed.